The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-07-23

Two Americans have been arrested IL
Mexico for highway robbery, the penalty
for which is death.
GARFIELD County, Kas., is said to have
1,lO0 unmarried men and only twenty.
eight unmarried women.
PHILADELPHIA is preparing to celebrate
the centennial OF the Federal Constitution
in September in royal style.
THE glorious climate of California has
produced a wonderful cat that sings
Listen to the Mocking Bird"
The people of Berlin are eaters. Last
year they consumed 7s, 1862 tons of slaught-
cred meat and 1, ,OOO, 600 geese.
A SCHOOL for wives is about to be estab-
lished in England, the pupils of which will
be instructed in practical houswifery.
A LETTER received at country post
Office in New Hampshire addressed IAN
Ok" was delivered to Miss Ann Knox.
THINK of three miles of book cases eight
feet high and containing 2OO0, 600 volumes.
That is the size Of the British Museum IL
brary.
The Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Brad
dock, Pa, are the largest steel rail mills
in the world. The grounds contain thirty
five acres.
1T is said that the investments out West
OF ex-senator Jones, Of Florida, have
turned out profitably, and that he will
have comfortable income.
The new Texas liquor law forbids the
sale OF lntoxicants to any person, habitual
drlnker or not, whose wife, mother or SIS
ter forbids him the use of them.
THE German Postal Department admits
sample packages of liquids at reduced
rates, to and from this country, under an
order that went into effect July /.
A PENNSYLVANIA paper says: "In yes
terday's storm flash of lightning went
through this Office on the shafting and
Knocked the devil into the cellarn
DREssMAKER in Portland, Ore, got mad |
at neighbor in the room beneath, and. |
cutting hole in the floor, doused the other |
woman, while in bed, with hot water.
MRS. MAcKAY has presented her tiny
grandson, Prince Colonna, with magnifi-
cent dressing case, all the appointments
peing gold, richly Interested with Jewels.
AMERICANS are so numerous in London
TINS summer that the natives feel almost
as though they were in New York. Lon.
don is becoming quite popular suburb of
America.
CATS and dogs have no protection in Ger
many. They are regarded as beasts of
prey, and are liable to be shot whoever
they are found off the premises where
hey belong.
THE Western crop news Of the past few
days oegins to show perceptible i'm
provement, and at the South the largest
otton crop OF the generation is predicted
With good grounds.
The new Prince Of Bulgaria's full mama
Is ferdinand Maximilien Charles Leopold
Marie ROrn In Nioppo /
he Is now lieutenant in the Eleventh
hussars Of Austria.
Our familiar word luncheon is derived
from the name given by the Spaniards to
their midday or rather eleven o'clock
meal, which from the hour is called ona.
pronounced lonchy.)
Az eilboa, N. Y, they are laughing over
the fact that Mrs P. Il. Richtmyre. aged
eighty-two years, has just completed a
pair OF trousers for her husband, aged
eighty, to play baseball in.
YOUNG KNEE, Of Jersey City, shot Miss
Aller some months ago because she
wouldn't marry him. She has gotten well
and married him now, probably to keen
him from shooting her again.
AN English novelist has found a neat
motive for his forthcoming story. He en-
dows his hero with the faculty of foresee.
ing the future, but makes him unable to
disclose to any one what he knows.
yam PHoN LEE says that "Yan Phonm
.ignifies wealth by Imperial Favor.n
1t appears, however, that Yam has obtains
ed his wealth by matrimonial favor. His
newly-wedded wife is worth 500, ,OOO
A PHILADELPHIA woman has been indict-
cd Tor eaves-dropping and tattling "to the
common nuisance of the citizens of this
and against the peace and
dignity OF the commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania."
SIxTY-FIvE steerage passengers on q
steamer that arrived recently from Glas-
gov were found, upon their arrival at
Boston, to be suffering from typhoid fever.
Impure drinking water is said to be the
cause Of the sickness.
The BritiSh Medical Journal SAYS that n
1umber Of babies have been pois oned by
sucking the green straps Of their "peran-
oulators." An analytical examination
II the straps showed the presence Of
enough arsenic In them to kill an adult.
The sixth annual meeting of the Ameri.
'an Forestry Congress will be held in
Springfield, Ill, September Il, Is and 16 t
MR. STANLEY Is reported to have encoun- {
cred great difficulties In his Journey up I
ne Congo, not the least of which was the /
nsubordination Of some Of his own men. '
hr. Stanley himself, too, is said to be r
'unering very much from the extreme
,eat
The abolition In Philadelphia courts of
ne absurd verbiage OF common law forms X
u action is a long stride in advance by RI
aw. the most conservative Of the sciences. "
Yet this very step was taken in Ohio and c.
most OF the Western States ten or fifteen "
ears ago. b.
SINCE the hrst Of the year q farmer Of
1t. Sterling, KY, Howard Williamson.
as undergone singular afiiiction. His .,
eft leg began to harden early In the wear. u
nd has gradually ossifed until it is now. W
hs report goes, "like piece Of sculptur. ~
d marble" He suffers no pain from IL, o, o.,
A MICHIGAN woman has made . UNIQUE -
ress. The material is common spooi =,
bread, white, aud the entire dress is hand "
rocheted work, beautifully lowered and
Irong, and ten thousand yards Of thread
ere used In its construction. The sleeves .
70 crocheted In the proper shape and are 20 :,
'stened In by lock-crocheted stitch. il "
very beautiful, and Mrs. Mccormick ~ ~
" SIX uonths eomplstias It, ~